The U.S. Department of Justice plans to crack down on U.S. cities that are considering opening medically-supervised drug injection sites to curb increasing rates of fatal drug overdoses, according to NPR.
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Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a bill Aug. 27, requiring health insurance companies in the state to cover egg, sperm and embryo preservation for patients with cancer and other diseases, according to Chicago Tribune.
Chillicothe, Ohio-based Adena Regional Medical Center treated over two dozen people from an Ohio prison who became ill Aug. 29 after they were exposed to a mixture of heroin and fentanyl, NBC News reports.
The hospital patient shows telltale signs of opioid withdrawal – feverish, shaking uncontrollably, crabby and irritated, crying out in anguish.
The number of uninsured Americans in the first three months of 2018 was 28.3 million, or 8.8 percent of the population, according to new data released by the CDC.
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Some states are successfully lowering opioid overdose death rates, despite a national increase, through thoughtful approaches to help individuals with opioid use disorder, according to an editorial written by The New York Times' editorial board.
A 24-year-old man from Baltimore opened fire in an open-air marketplace in Jacksonville, Fla., during a video game tournament Aug. 26, killing two people and injuring at least nine others before fatally shooting himself, according to CNN.
Providence-based Rhode Island Hospital received a $11.8 million federal grant to create a opioid and overdose research center to better understand addiction and develop possible treatment methods, the hospital announced Aug. 23.
High health insurance prices have led a growing number of Americans to bypass commercial health plans and make their own medical safety nets, according to the Santa Fe New Mexican.
Medicare-for-All, a movement among Democrats aiming to disrupt the insurance market and provide Americans with universal healthcare, is gaining popularity among both political parties, a new Reuters Poll found.